Category Archives: Science

“Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary branch of biology and engineering.” That’s the first sentence in Wikipedia’s article on synthetic biology. While this sounds simple enough, it has huge implications. Biology as a science … Continue reading →

Current predictions for food security in the year 2050 look pretty dire to be honest. If the global population reaches the forecasted ~9 billion, then our overall food production will somehow … Continue reading →

More than a year ago, I asked Twitter what people thought of the Authors Contribution Statement on scientific papers. Science Publishing Survey: How much do you value the ‘Authors Contribution’ … Continue reading →

Evolution can get stuck. When no mutations are available that can improve the fitness of an organism, evolution cannot proceed. However, using environmental fluctuations that are ubiquitous in nature, evolution … Continue reading →

After the evolution of DNA sequencing technologies, recording genotype on a large scale has become possible and ever so cheaper too. The the large influx of genomics data resulted in booming research in … Continue reading →

High-throughput sequencing is dominating genetics research (and a lot of biotech) because of its speed, low cost, and the resulting abundance of data. But it still has some major shortcomings. … Continue reading →